Sarvam AI Startup Program
6-12 months of free Sarvam AI API credits for selected startups
What you get from Sarvam AI Startup Program for free
Overview
The Sarvam AI Startup Program backs early-stage startups building with Sarvam's Indic-language AI stack. Sarvam's program page states that selected startups receive "up to 12 months of credits, priority support, and production-ready infrastructure across speech, vision, and LLM APIs."
Free Tier Quotas & Limits
- Credit allocation is sized to the applicant's use case, stage and expected scale. Sarvam's FAQ states that approved startups receive 6-12 months of API credits; no public dollar value or token floor is published.
- Credits are valid for the duration of the program term (6-12 months). Unused credits do not roll over after the program ends.
- Program terms require products built with the credits to display "Powered by Sarvam" branding.
- Applications are rolling, with no announced deadline or cohort cutoff.
- Existing Sarvam API users can apply for additional credits and priority support.
- After the credits end, startups transition to standard API pricing.
What's Included
- API credits across Sarvam's stack: speech-to-text, text-to-speech, translation, chat completion and document intelligence, with code-mixing support for Indian languages.
- Priority support with direct access to Sarvam's engineering team.
- Production-grade infrastructure and co-branded launch amplification.
Before you claim
- Verification: Apply via the program form with company, product stage, funding stage, team size and location details
- Who can claim: Open to early-stage startups via application; the form collects company info, product stage (Development/Beta/Production), funding stage, industry, team size and location.
- Payment card: Not needed.
- Account: Sign up with the provider.
Key limits
- 6-12 months of credits matched to your scale
- Up to 12 months of credits
- Rolling applications, no published deadline
- Credits valid 6-12 months, no rollover; 'Powered by Sarvam' branding required
Eligibility & How to Apply
The program targets startups building products for Indian-language users. The application form asks for company name, website, business email, product description, stage (Development / Beta / Production), funding raised, team size and location, which Sarvam APIs you plan to use, and expected Year-1 and Year-2 request volumes, which are used to size the credit grant. Apply through the form on the program page.
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Models served free
Limits as the provider publishes them; a dash means none is published.
| Model | Context | RPM | RPD | TPM | Tools | Vision |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarvam-105BStartup-program credits cover the Sarvam API stack; limits depend on the account tier; also sarvam-105b-conversations | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bulbul v3Startup-program credits cover the Sarvam API stack; limits depend on the account tier; text to speech, 11 languages | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saaras v4Startup-program credits cover the Sarvam API stack; limits depend on the account tier; speech to text, 23 languages | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MayuraStartup-program credits cover the Sarvam API stack; limits depend on the account tier; text translation | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sarvam-TranslateStartup-program credits cover the Sarvam API stack; limits depend on the account tier; text translation, 23 languages | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sarvam VisionStartup-program credits cover the Sarvam API stack; limits depend on the account tier; document intelligence / OCR | — | — | — | — | — | yes |
| GLM-5.3Startup-program credits cover the Sarvam API stack; limits depend on the account tier; open-weight, beta | 1,048k | — | — | — | — | — |
| DeepSeek V4.1 FlashStartup-program credits cover the Sarvam API stack; limits depend on the account tier; open-weight, beta | 1,048k | — | — | — | — | — |
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